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Page 25
... human beings . Three or four generations have not been enough to allow us to get thoroughly rooted in the soil . Waves of uncertainty sweep over us . Is this continent really our home , or are we just migrants from another civilization ...
... human beings . Three or four generations have not been enough to allow us to get thoroughly rooted in the soil . Waves of uncertainty sweep over us . Is this continent really our home , or are we just migrants from another civilization ...
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... human consciousness , affecting human experience . Lying awake near towns at night , children have heard heavy goods trains pant and clank uphill with sinister rhythms , or in the bush , perhaps , have listened to the distant roar of ...
... human consciousness , affecting human experience . Lying awake near towns at night , children have heard heavy goods trains pant and clank uphill with sinister rhythms , or in the bush , perhaps , have listened to the distant roar of ...
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... humanity through the individual . When I say " joyful , " I think of his fearful joy in attempting the impossible ... human beings around them . That is part of the mystery of art . And nothing we can ever say about such books is as ...
... humanity through the individual . When I say " joyful , " I think of his fearful joy in attempting the impossible ... human beings around them . That is part of the mystery of art . And nothing we can ever say about such books is as ...
Contents
THE ART OF CONVERSATION | 1 |
THE RIGHT TO ORIOLES | 10 |
THE TEMPESTUOUS PETTICOAT | 16 |
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